Best Companies Group conducts a simple yet thorough company assessment. The assessment is a two-part process designed to gather detailed data about each participating company. In part one, the employer completes a questionnaire and in part two, employees of the company complete an employee survey.

The collected information from the two instruments will be combined to produce a detailed set of data enabling the analysts to determine the strengths and opportunities of the participating companies. The workplaces are ranked based on this data and then the Employee Feedback Reports are returned to each participating company.

Each company must complete the Employer Benefits & Policies Questionnaire (employer questionnaire also known as the EQ). The employer questionnaire is where important information is captured about company policies, practices and demographics. This portion of the assessment is sent shortly after the registration deadline and is due before the employee surveys (Part II) are sent. Please refer to the Timeline for more information.

The employer questionnaire is sent to the primary contact electronically and is completed and submitted online to aid in the functionality and ease of the surveying process.

The Employee Engagement & Satisfaction Survey (employee survey) consists of approximately 78 statements that employees respond to on a five point agreement scale. The survey also includes 2 open-ended questions and 7 demographic questions.

The results are analyzed and categorized according to 8 Core Focus Areas:

1. Leadership and Planning2. Corporate Culture and Communications3. Role Satisfaction4. Work Environment5. Relationship with Supervisor6. Training, Development and Resources 7. Pay and Benefits8. Overall Engagement

Survey Process

Online or Traditional Paper? Best Companies Group conducts the majority of the employee surveys online. However, paper-based surveys are available at an additional cost for companies who do not have email addresses for at least 70% of their employees.

For the online survey, companies will be asked to submit a list of all eligible employee email addresses via an upload portal. (Best Companies Group will perform the random selection for online companies having over 250 employees.) Each employee will receive a unique Web-link via the submitted email to complete the survey. If some employees (up to 30%) do not have company email addresses, Best Companies Group can provide them with access codes to take the survey online. Click here for more information on Access Codes.

Best Companies Group will survey up to 400 randomly selected employees in a company depending on company size. The chart below lists how many employees will be randomly selected to participate.

We encourage all companies to use the online survey process. However, if online surveys will not work for your company, we offer a traditional paper based survey option. The chart below lists the fees for both the online and paper survey evaluation process.

Number of Employeesin Arkansas

# Employees Surveyed

Online Fee(1)

Paper Fee(1)

15 - 24

All

$675

$880

25 - 99

All

$700

$1,050

100 - 199

All

$800

$1,280

200 - 499

Up to 250 (2)

$850

$1,410

500-2499

350 (2)

$920

$1,580

2500 +

400 (2)

$960

$1,775

(1) Fees are non-refundable.(2) To ensure the credibility of the information, companies with 15-24 employees must have an 80% (or better) response rate to be considered for the list.(3) Employees are randomly selected. Best Companies Group offers the option to survey more employees than the random sample calculated in the above chart, and/or include additional employees in the survey process who work in locations outside of the program area. Please contact Best Companies Group for details and pricing.

Results

The two data sets are combined and analyzed to determine the rankings. All participating companies will receive an Employee Feedback Report as part of the participation fee. To learn more about the reports click here.